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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the participants according to HbA1c level

From: Hemoglobin A1c and 10-year information processing speed in Japanese community dwellers

 

Men (n = 866)

Women (n = 815)

HbA1c level

p a

HbA1c level

p a

< 5.6%

5.6 to < 6.0%

6.0 to < 6.5%

≥ 6.5%

< 5.6%

5.6 to < 6.0%

6.0 to < 6.5%

≥ 6.5%

n = 549

n = 214

n = 67

n = 36

n = 571

n = 175

n = 44

n = 25

Age (years), mean (SD)

57.2 (10.6)

59.8 (10.4)

60.3 (10.1)

61.4 (9.5)

< .01

55.6 (10.1)

59.9 (9.7)

65.9 (7.7)

61.9 (10.4)

< .01

Body mass index (kg/m2), mean (SD)

22.9 (2.6)

23.2 (2.7)

23.1 (3.1)

23.8 (3.2)

.20

22.4 (2.8)

23.6 (3.3)

23.7 (3.4)

27.4 (4.4)

< .01

HbA1c (%), mean (SD)

5.3 (0.2)

5.8 (0.1)

6.2 (0.1)

7.3 (0.8)

< .01

5.3 (0.2)

5.8 (0.1)

6.2 (0.1)

7.3 (0.9)

< .01

Information processing speed, mean (SD)

54.5 (14.9)

50.1 (13.7)

49.6 (12.8)

47.2 (13.2)

< .01

56.7 (15.5)

51.7 (14.8)

43.6 (12.6)

48.2 (12.2)

< .01

Ethanol intake (ml/day), mean (SD)

15.6 (17.6)

17.5 (21.2)

21.5 (21.6)

22.5 (23.2)

.02

3.2 (6.6)

2.0 (4.1)

4.0 (5.5)

1.5 (2.6)

.04

Current smoker, n (%)

172 (31.3)

103 (48.1)

26 (38.1)

16 (44.4)

< .01

42 (7.4)

12 (6.9)

5 (11.4)

0 (0.0)

.40

Education, ≤ 12 years, n (%)

362 (65.8)

157 (73.4)

51 (76.1)

26 (72.2)

.03

408 (71.5)

134 (76.6)

41 (93.2)

23 (92.0)

< .01

Family income, < 5,500,000 yen/year, n (%)

184 (33.5)

86 (40.2)

24 (35.8)

16 (44.4)

.24

221 (38.7)

87 (49.7)

27 (61.4)

10 (40.0)

< .01

Stroke, n (%)

17 (3.1)

10 (4.7)

0 (0.0)

1 (2.8)

.26

4 (0.7)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

.70

Hypertension, n (%)

115 (21.0)

60 (28.0)

11 (16.4)

9 (25.0)

.11

110 (19.3)

48 (27.4)

14 (31.8)

8 (32.0)

.02

Heart disease, n (%)

62 (11.3)

27 (12.6)

11 (16.4)

5 (13.8)

.64

46 (8.1)

13 (7.4)

8 (18.2)

2 (8.0)

.14

Dyslipidemia, n (%)

65 (11.8)

37 (17.3)

8 (11.9)

5 (16.7)

.22

85 (14.9)

40 (22.9)

15 (34.1)

10 (40.0)

< .01

  1. HbA1c hemoglobin A1c, SD standard deviation
  2. aChi-squared test or Fisher’s exact test (n < 5) for categorical variables and one-way analysis for variance for continuous variables